2. Read the texts. Check your answers in exercise 1. Were any of your guesses correct?(Đọc đoạn văn. Kiểm tra câu trả lời của bạn ở bài tập 1. Có dự đoán nào của bạn đúng không?)Inventions the world forgot1. TelhartnoniumThe Telharmonium was the world's first electronic musical instrument. It was designed by Thaddeus Cahill in 1897. Music from the instrument was broadcast to people’s homes using a telephone. Before the invention of the radio, people loved these...
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2. Read the texts. Check your answers in exercise 1. Were any of your guesses correct?
(Đọc đoạn văn. Kiểm tra câu trả lời của bạn ở bài tập 1. Có dự đoán nào của bạn đúng không?)
Inventions the world forgot
1. Telhartnonium
The Telharmonium was the world's first electronic musical instrument. It was designed by Thaddeus Cahill in 1897. Music from the instrument was broadcast to people’s homes using a telephone. Before the invention of the radio, people loved these first home concerts. After Cahill's death in 1934, his brother kept one of the three models, but in 1962 it was destroyed. No recordings of the music were kept, so the Telharmonium and its unique sound have disappeared forever.
2. The Writing Ball
Invented in 1865 by Rasmus Malling- Hansen from Denmark, the Writing Ball was a machine for typing onto paper. Its use of electricity made the movement faster. However, you could not see the paper as you were typing. Nevertheless, the Writing Ball was very successful. Since each model was made by hand, it was soon replaced by other cheaper machines produced in factories. A new keyboard with a different key arrangement appeared. The once-popular Writing Ball was forgotten.
3. The Antikythera Mechanism
In 1901, parts of an ancient machine were discovered on a ship near the Greek island of Antikythera. It had been made about 1,900 years earlier, in 2 BCE. For many years after its discovery, nobody understood exactly what the machine was for. In the 1970s, scientists found that this ancient computer had been designed to predict the movements of the sun, the moon and the planets. It did this using more than thirty hand-made metal wheels of different sizes. The remains of the Antikythera mechanism are now kept at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, together with a number of reconstructions to demonstrate how it may have worked.
Exercise 01: Fill in the verbs in the correct tense
1. Tom is always (come) ___coming ____ late for his classes. *
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2. Pam (jog) ___is jogging_____ in the nearest park at the moment. *
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3. Helen (call) ___will call___ her grandmother tomorrow morning. *
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4. They (already/ buy) _have adready bought______ tickets for the performance. *
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5. Where __have_____ you ____been___ (be) recently? *
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6. Why __did______ Andrew ___miss____ (miss) his lectures yesterday? *
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7. John (not write) ____hasn't written____ this difficult grammar test yet. *
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8. I (not cook) _____will not be cooking_____ dinner at this time tomorrow. *
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9. Mary (be) ____is____ in her bedroom right now. *
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10. He (not go) ___didn't go_____ to the cinema last night. *
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